I don't know what Spyker's plan is for Saab. However, if this deal goes through, it's not Spyker's ultimate goal, because Saab can't make it on its own. I think there's a step two or step two and three in Spyker's business plan. They could see a profit making opportunity in stabilizing and resuscitating Saab, for a subsequent sale. Alternately, they could use Saab as the first building block for subsequent purchases of other brands. The ultimate plan of building a portfolio of brands could make sense if Spyker has enough cash behind it, because in today's automotive environment cash is king.

On Thursday, January 7th, a deadline will expire and GM will ultimately need to decide the fate of Saab Automobile.

&#147;Sell Opposed To Shutdown&#148;. There are two known interested parties that have submitted bids to buy Saab, Spyker Cars & Merbanco.

As time is of the essence, Saab Enthusiasts have therefore decided to take an initiative by gathering near GM&#146;s world headquarters in Detroit, in order to send a message to GM to &#147;SELL SAAB&#148;.

Saab owners and enthusiasts from the U.S. & Canada will gather near the GM Renaissance Center at approximately 1pm by showing their unwavering Saab spirit in lining up their Saabs, holding Signs, taking group photographs and speaking to the press about how important it is to sell Saab.

Since GM emerged from bankruptcy court this summer, they are now 60% owned by the U.S. Government. Saab owners, Saab dealers and U.S. taxpayers alike, all want to see Saab sold in order to preserve thousands of jobs and and nearly $500 million dollars from the 218 Saab dealerships, small business assets in the United States.

&#147;If there are enough Saab owners and enthusiasts parked outside of the GM Renaissance center in Detroit, perhaps we could really show them how serious we are in wanting Saab Automobile to have a bright future and be sold.&#148; says Ryan Emge, editor of SaabHistory.com, an independent promotional news site.

This timely event marks a final effort in the Saab Community to save a company that has historically seen the value in saving the lives of its customers.

The 60-plus-year history of Saab may come to an inglorious end in the next few days if General Motors and Dutch supercar maker Spyker--or perhaps a dark-horse bidder--fail to reach an agreement to save the iconic Swedish maker of premium cars.

But the potential death of yet another GM brand raised some voices of dissension--and passion--as a crowd of about 30 Saab enthusiasts braved temperatures in the 20s and snow flurries to show their support for Saab at a gathering near GM's global headquarters in downtown Detroit.

Because you have greed, politics, and U.S. government ability to rewrite the rules and change the playing-field in the auto-industry combined. With this combination, you could see tomorrow anything in the spectrum of: unlimited government loans to Saab, to GM selling Saab for $1 to a small group of Senators in return for their votes on health-care.

Who knows? With the way our government is acting these days, maybe the Saab plant will be converted/needed to print U.S. currency?

Its amazing it lasted longer than Olds, Plymouth and a few others. It was dead before GM bought it and they sure didn't do anything with it. Its DEAD get over it already. I did. There is no future for Saab.

"it was particularly telling news about Saab's current state of affairs when Spyker stock this week plunged some 28 percent when the company announced a third-quarter net loss of almost 40 million euros, nearly 10 times the loss from the same period last year.

Spyker doubled down on the bad news by cutting Saab production targets to 30,000-35,000 for the year, after in late summer paring back its original goal of making 50,000-60,000 cars to 45,000."

The latest news from Spiker ain't good-SAAB lost 400,000,000 eros last quarter.With money flying awy like this, I think the Swedish Government is about to step in..otherwise, I think its curtains for the marque.Face it, the world hasn't any room left for samll car manufacturers-this is what happened to Studebaker, almost 50 years ago.

Well OK, what exactly sets new Saabs apart from the gazillion other near-lux brands trying to pry $40K out of our pockets? Not much, as far as I can tell, except for it being the only Swedish brand still under European ownership (a small plus, but not a major motivating factor).

The latest news is not good-production at the Trollhatten plant has stopped, due to suppliers refu :sick: sing to ship. Spiker is trying to sell the property to raise cash..looks like the wolf is at the door!

"Just days after Saab Automobile AB acting CEO Victor Muller said he was confident a hastily arranged deal with privately-held Chinese automaker Hawtai Motor Group would allow Saab to restart production at its assembly plant in Sweden, reports from China today confirm the deal has dissolved."